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ACTION 10-14

INFO OCT-OI ISO-00 EUR-I2 SP-02 ICA-20 AID-05 EB-08
NSC-05 TRSE-00 SS-15 STR-07 OMB-01 CEA-OI COME-00
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R09I4I9Z JUN 78
FM USMISSION GENEVA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0643

UNCLAS GENEVA 08781

E.O. 1 1652: N/A
TAGS: EEWT, ETRD, ECE

SUBJECT: REPORT ON PREPARATORY MEETING FOR AN AD HOC
MEETING OF TRADE EXPERTS TO CONSIDER THE TRADE ASPECTS OF
THE OVERALL ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE FOR THE ECE REGION UP
TO 1990

1. SUMMARY: THE PREPARATORY MEETING FOR AN AD HOC
MEETING OF TRADE EXPERTS ENCOUNTERED SMOOTH SAILING DUE
LARGELY TO THE EXPERT NAVIGATION OF THE SECRETARIAT, WHICH
HAD BEEN ELECTED TO THE CHAIR. THE DELEGATES AGREED TO
HOLD AN AD HOC MEETING OF TRADE EXPERTS TO CONSIDER THE
TRADE ASPECTS OF THE OEP IN JUNE 1979. NATIONAL GOVERN-
MENTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARIAT,

NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, ILLUSTRATIVE ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF RELEVANT RESEARCH, COPIES OE STUDIES
OR SUMMARIES OF FINDINGS WHERE AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS TO
INDICATE PAPERS THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PRESENT TO THE
EXPERTS MEETING IN JUNE. THE SECRETARIAT HAS BEEN GIVEN
THE TASK OE SURVEYING AND SUMMARIZING THE RESEARCH THAT
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE EOR THE MEETING, AND TO PRESENT BOTH
A DRAFT AGENDA AND A PROGRESS REPORT ON PREPARATIONS AT
THE 27TH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OE
TRADE. END SUMMARY.

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2. THE WESTERN OBJECTIVE OE ORGANIZING A MEETING WHICH
WOULD PERMIT THE PRESENTATION OE PAPERS DEALING WITH A
WIDE RANGE OE EAST- WEST TRADE ISSUES BY "INDEPENDENT"
EXPERTS, NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTING GOVERNMENT PO-
SITIONS, WAS ACCEPTED BY THE EAST AFTER THE POLISH DELE-
GATE RAISED SOME HALF-HEARTED OBJECTIONS CONCERNING THE

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DIFFICULTY THIS WOULD PRESENT OEFICIALS OF GOVERNMENT
PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS IN HIS COUNTRY.

3. THE ANTICIPATED EASTERN COMMENTS CONCERNING THE RE-
MOVAL OF POLITICAL OBSTACLES TO TRADE WERE NOT PAR-
TICULARLY STRIDENT AND THE PROPOSED SUBSTANCE OF THE
MEETING SHOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY MORE THAN THE USUAL (AND
POSSIBLY SOMEWHAT LESS) OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE THAT
PARTICULAR HORSE.

4. IN EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION BY THE US DELEGATION OF
RELEVANT RESEARCH BEING UNDERTAKEN IN THE US ESTABLISHED
A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH MIGHT BE RAISED, AND WHICH WERE
INCORPORATED IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OE THE REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE, THUS OPENING THE DOOR FOR DISCUSSION IN SUCH
AREAS AS LONGER TERM FINANCIAL ASPECTS, AND FORECASTS OF
EXPORTS CAPABILITIES.

5. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISERS
WERE EXPLICIT ABOUT THE UTILITY OF THE TRADE COMMITTEE
UNDERTAKING SUCH A TASK, WITH WHICH THE DELEGATES AT THE
PREPARATORY MEETING AGREED, ADDING, HOWEVER, THAT THE
PROPOSED MEETING WOULD HAVE VALUE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

6. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE SECRETARIAT SHOULD DRAW

UP AN AGENDA REFLECTING ANTICIPATED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
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NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE PRE-
PARATORY MEETING. A GENERAL OUTLINE FOR THE EXPERTS
MEETING HAS, HOWEVER, EMERGED WHICH INCLUDES (I) MACRO
ECONOMIC STUDIES OR FORECASTS EOR TRADE COVERING IN-
DIVIDUAL COUNTRIES OR REGIONS; (2) STUDIES OR EORECASTS
OF SPECIFIC PRODUCT GROUPS; AND (3) STUDIES OR FORECASTS
OF THE EXPORT POSSIBILITIES OE PARTICULAR COUNTRIES IN
PARTICULAR GOODS. IN ADDITION TO THE ABDVE POINTS, THE
SECRETARIAT HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO COMPARE METHODOLOGIES
USED IN VARIOUS EORECASTS AND PRESENT THEIR EINDINGS AT
THE MEETING.

7. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE SECTORAL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD
FOCUS ON SECTORS NOT COVERED BY OTHER ECE PRINCIPLE
SUBSIDIARY BODIES, IN EFFECT MEANING THAT THE PAPERS
WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED WILL DEAL ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
WITH MANUFACTURED GOODS (CAPITAL AND CONSUMER).

HOWEVER, THE SECRETARIAT HAS VERBALLY PROMISED TO DRAW
TOGETHER FOR USE AT THE EXPERTS MEETING SOME OF THE
RELEVANT TRADE RELATED CONCLUSIONS OF THE OTHER PRINCIPAL
SUBSIDIARY BODIES, SUCH AS THE TIMBER COMMITTEE AND THE
COAL COMMITTEE. THIS LATTER WAS NOT REFLECTED IN THE

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FINAL REPORT, HOWEVER, FOR REASONS OE INTERNAL ECE
POLITICS.

8. ACTION REQUIRED BY THE US: BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1978
(1) AN ILLUSTRATIVE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RELEVANT
RESEARCH, (2) COPIES OF RELEVANT STUDIES OR SUMMARIES
THEREOF, (3) LIST OF TOPICS ON WHICH WE ARE WILLING TO
PRESENT PAPERS. VANDEN HEUVEL

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Automatic Decaptioning: X
Capture Date: 01 jan 1994
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Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Concepts: ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, TRADE, COMMITTEE MEETINGS, MEETING REPORTS, ECONOMIC REPORTS

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Draft Date: 09 jun 1978
Decaption Date: 01 jan 1960
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Subject: REPORT ON PREPARATORY MEETING FOR AN AD HOC MEETING OF TRADE EXPERTS TO CONSIDER THE TRADE ASPECTS OF

THE OVERALL ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE FOR THE ECE R EGIO

TAGS: EEWT, ETRD, ECE

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Sheryl P. Walter
Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
20 Mar 2014

Markings: Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassifled/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014